Columbia Photos has tapped District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to put in writing and direct a brand new Starship Troopers movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter, giving the franchise its first live-action entry since 2008’s Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.
The film will probably be based mostly on Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 ebook of the identical title, not a remake of or sequel to 1997’s Paul Verhoeven-directed Starship Troopers, say the outlet’s unnamed sources. In that film, characters performed by Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, and Michael Ironside are a part of a comically jingoist militaristic society at battle with house bugs. Blomkamp’s spouse, Terri Tatchell, will reportedly co-produce the brand new Troopers film. The outlet doesn’t say when it’s anticipated to debut.
Heinlein’s ebook has been criticized for celebrating navy fascism — criticism that prolonged to Verhoeven’s film when it was launched, as The Hollywood Reporter notes. As of late, it’s typically accepted that his film was meant as a send-up of the ebook. In a Kennedy Heart interview, Verhoeven mentioned he’d hoped to point out those that applaud the form of over-the-top jingoism it presents that “what you’ve got been admiring … is perhaps evil.”